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佛光

Mandarin · pinyin Fó guāng

Buddha's teachings
aura (around the head of Buddha)

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佛: fú · Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese)
光: guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only

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2–1 · Fo2 guang1

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noun

(Buddhism) the light of the Buddha; spiritual enlightenment
radiance from the top of a Buddhist statue
(meteorology, optics) anticorona; the glory optical phenomenon

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